SATURN Complaints

I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND TRACTION CONTROL OFF AND THROWING CODES. MOSTLY 0641, 0107, 0106 AND 1682. I HAVE A CODE READER AND WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO CLEAR THEM. I THEY CAME BACK RIGHT AWAY I WOULD DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE CABLE AND THAT WOULD SEEM TO WORK. SOMETIMES I WOULD DRIVE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS TO A MONTH OR TWO WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEN ON AUG. 21, 2017 THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IT STARTED AGAIN. WHEN I DID IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH. SO I DROVE IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER, THEY RESET THE CODES AND UPDATED THE ECM. THE NEXT NIGHT I WAS DRIVING, CAR WAS RUNNING SMOOTH, NO PROBLEMS. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT AND REDUCED POWER AND TRACTION OFF WARNING CAME ON. IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND STALLED. I TRIED TO RESTART IT AND THE WAS A FAIRLY LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE CODES SET 1682, 0452, 0641, AND 0107. I TRIED TO CLEAR THEM WITH MY CODE READER BUT THEY WOULDN'T CLEAR. I UN DID THE NEGATIVE CABLE AND THAT DIDN'T WORK. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR AND ALL I GOT WAS A MILD CLICKING SOUND I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL FROM UNDER THE HOOD, SO I THOUGHT THE ECM BURNT UP. SINCE I WAS UNABLE TO GET IT STARTED I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER. THE NEXT DAY THE WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO HAVE THE REPAIRS NEEDED FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY DONE. NONE OF THE NOTED REPAIRS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITHE THE CAR DYING. I TOLD THEM TO JUST FIGURE OUT WHY THE CAR WILL NOT START. WHILE THEY WERE WORKING ON IT I CALLED GM OWNER ASSISTANCE BECAUSE AT THIS POINT I HAD SOME FEELINGS OF MISTRUST. THE DEALER CALLED ME AFTER 3 HOURS AND TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT GOING TO CHARGE ME THE SERVICE FEE AND MY ENGINE WAS SEIZED. I WAS FLABBERGASTED. I ASKED THEM HOW COULD THE ENGINE JUST SEIZE UP WITH NO WARNING. I

WHEN VEHICLE STARTS PASSAGER DASH BOARD MAKES TICKONG SOUND FOR ABOUT 2 MIN AND STOPS. PASSAGER SEAT WILL NOT GO BACK LATCH DOES NOT WORK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN ION. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE FUEL TANK LEAKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 192,000.

WE NOTICE A FUEL ODOR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN OR AFTER IT IS PARKED. A CRACK HAS BECOME LARGE ENOUGH FOR FUEL TO BE OBSERVED DRIPPING ONTO THE GROUND AND VEHICLE PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN AFFECTED. (#09275C)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START AND HAD TO BE JUMPSTARTED EVERY TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT, DUE TO A FAULT IN THE WIRING HARNESS, THE RADIO WAS UNABLE TO SHUT OFF AND DRAINED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED THE NUMBER TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

TAKATA RECALL MY DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF. IT WON'T COME FOR DAYS AND THEN IT WILL POP ON. THEN SOMETIMES IT WILL COME ON AND GO RIGHT BACK OFF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN VUE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HEIDEBREICHT CHEVROLET (64200 VAN DYKE, WASHINGTON, MI 48095), BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC PART THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,258.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD HAS COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS BOTH IN MOTION. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS REALLY HOT, BUT THEN IT CAME ON WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 75 DEGREES OUTSIDE. IT SOMETIMES WOULD STAY ON FOR 50 OR MORE MILES AND OTHER TIMES IT WOULD STAY ON FOR ONLY A MILE OR TWO. THOSE SHORT TIMES IT WOULD GO OFF FOR MAYBE A MILE OR SOMETIMES 3-4 MILES THEN COME BACK ON. WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR WOULD SMELL FAINTLY LIKE SOMETHING WAS HOT OR MAYBE LIKE GUN POWDER. IT HASN'T COME ON FOR A MONTH NOW. SOMETIMES I THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN I HIT A BUMP THAT IT WOULD COME ON OR GO OFF. BUT IT DID IT WHEN THE ROAD WAS NOT BUMPY. IT DID IT LAST SUMMER AND THIS SUMMER. IT WOULD SOMETIMES BE ON WHEN I SHUT THE IGNITION OFF, BUT NOT ALWAYS. SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE ON WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, BUT NOT ALWAYS. IT DID IT BOTH IN TOWN AND WHEN HIGHWAY DRIVING.

HAD TO HAVE FUEL PUMP MODULE REPLACED FOR EXACT PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN RECALLS OF SAME MODEL YEAR ION'S BUT NOT FOR THIS VIN. HAVE RETAINED PHOTOS AND FAILED PUMP MODULE ASSEMBLY. FUEL ODOR FROM RT RR OF VEHICLE FIRST NOTED, THEN WITHIN DAYS STARTED DRIPPING FUEL FROM JUST IN FRONT OF RT RR WHEEL WELL - FOUND TO BE CRACKED PUMP MODULE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SATURN SKY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V061000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED AND EMAILED ARNOLD CHEVROLET BUICK (LOCATED AT 670 MONTAUK HWY, WEST BABYLON, NY 11704 (631) 482-7990) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE CONTACT CALLED AND EMAILED SARANT CADILLAC (LOCATED AT 4339 HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE, FARMINGDALE, NY 11735 (516) 986-3660) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE CONTACT EMAILED AND CALLED SUN BUICK GMC INC (LOCATED AT 3333 SUNRISE HWY, WANTAGH, NY 11793 (516) 781-6666) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE CONTACT CALLED AND EMAILED BICAL CHEVROLET OF VALLEY STREAM (LOCATED AT 709 W MERRICK RD, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580 (516) 285-6500) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 8-2976161178. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON AND OFF. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE/PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.